Healthy People 2030

Key points

  • Healthy People 2030 sets data-driven, national objectives to help improve the health of the nation.
  • Healthy People 2030 encourages communities, organizations, and policymakers to work together to achieve U.S. health improvement goals.
  • Healthy People 2030 is the fifth iteration of the Healthy People initiative.
The Healthy People 2030 logo shows the outline of a skyline. There is a circle over each building to look like people

Overview

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) launched Healthy People 2030 in August 2020. It is the fifth iteration of the Healthy People initiative.

The Healthy People 2030 framework includes its vision, mission, foundational principles, and overarching goals. In addition, Healthy People 2030 has new core objectives with targets and new research and developmental objectives.

Healthy People 2030 was developed through a multiyear process with input from—

Goals

Healthy People 2030 goals include—

  • Attaining healthy, thriving lives and well-being—free of preventable disease, disability, injury, and premature death
  • Eliminating health disparities, achieving health equity, and attaining health literacy to improve the health and well-being of all
  • Creating social, physical, and economic environments that promote attaining full potential for health and well-being for all
  • Promoting healthy development, healthy behaviors, and well-being across all life stages
  • Engaging leaders, key constituents, and the public across multiple sectors to take action and design policies that improve the health and well-being of all

What's new in Healthy People 2030

Healthy People 2030 reflects high-priority public health issues. The initiative allows for changes to objectives throughout the decade to respond to emerging challenges. Healthy People 2030 reduced the number of objectives to be more focused, evidence-based, and statistically rigorous.

The following data-related criteria were applied when selecting objectives and data sources:

  • Data are reliable, valid, and nationally representative with no major methods issues such as limited population coverage, inadequate sample size, unknown or low response rates, or inadequate studies of nonresponse bias
  • Data are timely with baseline data no older than 2015 and include a measure of variability and an assurance of at least two additional data points throughout the decade.
  • Data are publicly available with complete documentation, generally with federal government management or oversight.

In addition to the data-related criteria listed above, Healthy People 2030 core objectives were selected based on the following criteria—

  • National importance: Ability to have direct impact or influence on health, broad and comprehensive applicability, substantial burden, and national health priority
  • Evidence base: Existing evidence of effective interventions to achieve the objective
  • Disparities and equity: Assessment of health disparities with a focus on health equity

Objectives

Healthy People 2030 has three categories of objectives—core, developmental, and research objectives.

High-priority objectives with an identified data source, baseline data, target, and assurance of at least two additional data points throughout the decade

At launch, Healthy People 2030 had 355 core objectives.

  • High-priority issues of interest that do not yet have reliable baseline data.
    • Evidence-based interventions have been identified
    • Have not been evaluated for meeting core objective selection and data criteria

At launch, Healthy People 2030 had 115 developmental objectives.

  • Areas where more research is needed to identify evidence-based interventions to improve health.
    • Represent areas where there is a high health or economic burden, or significant disparities exist between population groups
    • Have not been evaluated for meeting core objective selection and data criteria

At launch, Healthy People 2030 had 40 newly added research objectives.

NCHS's role

The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) monitors the nation's progress toward Healthy People targets using data from more than 80 sources. NCHS data systems are used to track progress toward Healthy People 2030 targets for about half of the Healthy People 2030 core objectives.

NCHS supported Healthy People 2030 by developing data criteria, guiding technical specifications, and creating a tool to help workgroups set objective targets.

During the Healthy People 2030 tracking period, NCHS—

  • Serves as the statistical advisor to HHS and the Healthy People initiative on the data used to monitor the Healthy People 2030 objectives.
  • Conducts research and develops methods for measuring Healthy People 2030 progress and overarching goals, including developing a Healthy People 2030 disparities tool
  • Analyzes, presents, and publishes data related to progress toward the Healthy People 2030 goals and objectives
  • Maintains DATA2030, a comprehensive database for all Healthy People 2030 data
  • Provides expertise and technical assistance to national, state, and local health monitoring efforts
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